Hmmm, the flicker was a separate issue, must have been present before but never as noticeable. It needed an Option "FramebufferCompression" "false" in the Device section of xorg.conf to fix (work around) a problem apparently present with the 945GM chipset I have.
Hmmm, the flicker was a separate issue, must have been present before but never as noticeable. It needed an Option "FramebufferCom pression" "false" in the Device section of xorg.conf to fix (work around) a problem apparently present with the 945GM chipset I have.